2018-10-08

NOBEL PRIZES AND LAUREATES

Between 1901 and 2017, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 585 times to 923 people and organisations. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden, and based on the fortune of Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and entrepreneur. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, a personal diploma, and a cash award.

A person or organisation awarded the Nobel Prize is called Nobel Laureate. The word “laureate” refers to being signified by the laurel wreath. In ancient Greece, laurel wreaths were awarded to victors as a sign of honour.

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2018 Nobel Laureates

 1. THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS

Arthur Ashkin
Prize Motivation: “for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems”

Gérard Mourou
Prize Motivation: “for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses”

Donna Strickland
Prize Motivation: “for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses”

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2. THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY

Frances H. Arnold

Prize motivation: "for the directed evolution of enzymes."

George P. Smith

Prize motivation: "for the phage display of peptides and antibodies."

Sir Gregory P. Winter

Prize motivation: "for the phage display of peptides and antibodies."

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3. THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE

James P. Allison
Prize Motivation: "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation"

Tasuku Honjo
Prize Motivation: "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation"

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4. THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature has been postponed.

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5. THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Denis Mukwege
Prize motivation: "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."

Nadia Murad
Prize motivation: "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."

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6. THE SVERIGES RIKSBANK PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES

William D. Nordhaus
Prize motivation: "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis."

Paul M. Romer

Prize motivation: "for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis."

 

 

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Source: https://www.nobelprize.org/

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